Tel vous semble applaudir, qui vous raille et vous joue; / Aimez quon vous conseille, et non pas quon vous loueSuch a one seems to applaud, while he is really ridiculing you; attach yourself to those who advise you rather than to those who praise.

Tout doit tendre au bon sens: mais pour y parvenir / Le chemin est glissant et pénible a tenirEverything ought to lead to good sense; but in order to attain to it, the road is slippery and difficult to walk in.